It is terrible for a parent to bury their child. My condolences to the family, but there's somethinbugging me...

She was, for all intents and purposes, an infant. Can't walk or talk or use a toilet. Can't communicate beyond giggling and crying. So why are they talking about this child as though she could read or understand anything? Is it like the child is somehow a fully-developed adult with feelings and clearly delineated emotions?

It's a bit weird, and a lot creepy. It is also quite strange--as though the these parents were so desperate to have a 20-year-old daughter who didn't do her business in a nappy that they have given her whatever personality best worked for them.

I do have to ask, though: The article says she didn't develop beyond essentially a toddler phase. Does that mean she wasn't menstruating? If she was, then I do wonder how that worked.

PARENTS: You will have problems with your children. For the love of Dog, don't become the weird parents.

maram500:It is terrible for a parent to bury their child. My condolences to the family, but there's somethinbugging me...

She was, for all intents and purposes, an infant. Can't walk or talk or use a toilet. Can't communicate beyond giggling and crying. So why are they talking about this child as though she could read or understand anything? Is it like the child is somehow a fully-developed adult with feelings and clearly delineated emotions?

It's a bit weird, and a lot creepy. It is also quite strange--as though the these parents were so desperate to have a 20-year-old daughter who didn't do her business in a nappy that they have given her whatever personality best worked for them.

I do have to ask, though: The article says she didn't develop beyond essentially a toddler phase. Does that mean she wasn't menstruating? If she was, then I do wonder how that worked.

PARENTS: You will have problems with your children. For the love of Dog, don't become the weird parents.

She never hit puberty, no. I saw her show - it was odd. She could express likes and dislikes, although I'm sure the football fandom was beyond her, unless she liked the uniform colors on the screen or something.

It was very, very strange watching her being carried into high school in her carseat.

Self contained special ed room, obviously. I don't know how much if anything she took in educationally.

I can't help but think about all the work that goes into parenting a toddler. To do it for 20 years!!! Her parents are amazing. My condolences to them but I imagine deep down they feel a bit of freedom now.

skinink:" The problem is I got a fifty year old lust and a three year old dinky."

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Oh is THAT what he said?

/haven't watched it recently, and last time I was young enough for that joke to sail right over my head

Related to the article: similar to what a previous farker said about the language used, I didn't care that they kept calling her a woman. I mean, I know she's over 18, but I'm not sure I'd use that word.

namegoeshere:maram500: It is terrible for a parent to bury their child. My condolences to the family, but there's somethinbugging me...

She was, for all intents and purposes, an infant. Can't walk or talk or use a toilet. Can't communicate beyond giggling and crying. So why are they talking about this child as though she could read or understand anything? Is it like the child is somehow a fully-developed adult with feelings and clearly delineated emotions?

It's a bit weird, and a lot creepy. It is also quite strange--as though the these parents were so desperate to have a 20-year-old daughter who didn't do her business in a nappy that they have given her whatever personality best worked for them.

I do have to ask, though: The article says she didn't develop beyond essentially a toddler phase. Does that mean she wasn't menstruating? If she was, then I do wonder how that worked.

PARENTS: You will have problems with your children. For the love of Dog, don't become the weird parents.

She never hit puberty, no. I saw her show - it was odd. She could express likes and dislikes, although I'm sure the football fandom was beyond her, unless she liked the uniform colors on the screen or something.

It was very, very strange watching her being carried into high school in her carseat.

Self contained special ed room, obviously. I don't know how much if anything she took in educationally.

shintochick:I can't help but think about all the work that goes into parenting a toddler. To do it for 20 years!!! Her parents are amazing. My condolences to them but I imagine deep down they feel a bit of freedom now.

The only good part of that is that she was tiny and never matured physically. I have a good friend who is parenting a 6'2", 17 year old, hormonal toddler. And she's a widow and single mom. It kinda sucks.

Farking phone. Condition is kind of fascinating is what I was going to say. Regardless, it's hard for them not to be weird. She was born with a weird condition. Her parents ran with it, did the best they could to cope with taking care of a (for all intents and purposes) toddler for 20 years. That warrants letting the freak flag fly, doesn't it?

AirForceVet:Sad that all they could talk about her was the "Fountain of Youth" angle. Perhaps genetics, perhaps an unknown mechanism tied to her glands and brain.

/My condolences to her family and friends.

Whatever it is, it's fascinating. Unlocking the cause of it might not result in endless youth, but could present some interesting study paths.

I have a friend who is a marine biologist researching how many sea creatures simply do not die of old age. They will live seemingly forever unless killed by injury or pathogen. They grow larger and more capable of reproducing as time goes on, so their genetics have evolved highly effective repair mechanisms.

Neondistraction:Peki: skinink: " The problem is I got a fifty year old lust and a three year old dinky."

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Oh is THAT what he said?

/haven't watched it recently, and last time I was young enough for that joke to sail right over my head

You should go back and watch it again sometime. It holds up surprisingly well.

I've been exposing my fiance to some of my favs from my childhood in the 80s (we're only three years apart in age, but about a decade off culture wise), so I'll have to add this one even though I think it's a 90s flick. It's great when you laugh at an old joke you thought was funny as a kid but now has a completely different meaning.